Month: September 2017

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should stop fooling the people of Goa at least on the issue of Casinos. We all know that all those Casinos will continue to remain firmly embedded till the River Mandovi dries up. Both the onshore and offshore Casinos are a malady and for Goa to remain afloat all the Casinos […]

The 17th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup will be hosted by India between 6th and 28th October with some matches being played in Goa too. But it is a matter of immense anguish and disappointment that not a single of our Goan player has qualified to be on the Indian squad. This despite […]

That fiat issued by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar gagging and restraining the MLAs from publicly speaking on the narcotic trade in the State is preposterous. Surprisingly the now caged parrot Vijai Sardesai who has sold and surrendered all his self-respect has also caved in to His Master’s Voice. It is no secret that the drug […]

Very saddened by the very untimely death of Goa’s outstanding journalist Vasu Naik who passed away yesterday after a brief heart ailment. An all-rounder, the Ponda based Vasu Naik was always willing to help and assist one and all. Always with a broad outlook, extremely humane and very assuming, Vasu Naik had joined us at […]

Justice Gautam Patel who currently heads the Bombay High Court at Goa has made a very laudable move of flatly declining to move around with a PSO (Personal Security Officer) which by protocol he is entitled to. Will all other public officials in Goa also follow in the footsteps of Justice Gautam Patel and allow […]

The very lame justification by the government that there is no space available to house a circuit bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Goa is ludicrous to say the least and patently false. There are so many locations including the former Goa Institute of Management at Ribandar which would have been an idyllic […]

The very devious Goa Forward Spokesman Durgadas Kamat who now doubles up as the OSD and collection Agent of Water Resources & Fisheries Minister Vinod Paliencar has bought a plush bungalow worth over a Crore. The source of all that moolah is reportedly from a Casino kingpin after Durgadas Kamat withdrew that Public Interest Litigation […]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3-cops-for-each-vip-but-just-1-for-every-663-common-man/articleshow/60724979.cms In a democracy there can be no room to foment VIP culture. With the red beacon now gone, it’s time to stop those crores being squandered on providing police security for Ministers other politicians and their kin. Politicians are supposed to serve the people and those who really do service need no protection. Our Soldiers and para military […]

The 103 page report by the Goa Lokayukta Justice P.K. Misra is very revealing. As that multi crore Goa beach cleaning scam all happened during his tenure, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should now at least shoulder moral responsibility and immediately quit. And more so because it is no secret that the mastermind and main beneficiary […]

Under the guise of having to study that bulky report submitted by the Goa Lokayukta, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will take no action in the matter as the mastermind of that multi crore beach cleaning scam is his very own elder brother Avdhoot Parrikar. There is nothing for the Chief Minister to study and he […]